CHLOE JOY EVERS
DESIGN
My name is Chloe, and everything you see here is the result of my heart, mind, and hands working in unison. I am passionate about storytelling and it's become the common thread in everything I create. Most of my jewelry is one-of-a-kind, hand fabricated from sterling silver, featuring precious stones. I do take commissions in gold. For sculpture, I fabricate in steel and cast in bronze. Those are typically limited editions, but I will make originals upon request or if I'm particularly inspired and the chosen materials require it. I've recently begun incorporating stained glass mosaic in my designs.
Jewelry
Sculpture
"Vulnerability," limited edition bronze casting of 28, is about the beautiful and painful process of opening your heart.
"Eye, Heart, Nature," limited edition bronze casting of 12, is my ode to mother nature. This was my very first sculpture and I created it almost by accident, in the spontaneity of the moment, without the forethought of a design, on a piece of scrap steel that was roughly in the shape of a heart. I was in college at the time, studying English, and was inspired by Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream." If it had been up to me, this would have ended up in a scrap pile, but my dad loved it and decided to have it molded and cast without my knowing. My brother did all the welding and finishing work, and they surprised me by having it on the showroom floor when I returned from school. Every time I look at this piece I remember how the men in my life bet on me first, and that gave me the confidence I needed to bet on myself. *The stained glass wall hang is sold, but these are examples of different mounting options.
"Invincible Orchid" is an original fabricated design, forged and hand shaped from steel pipe and stainless steel sheet (sold).
"Evolution of a Woman," limited edition bronze casting of 28, is inspired by the story of Adam and Eve. In the biblical account of creation, woman (Eve) is formed from Adam's rib. I hadn't been to church or read the Bible for a while, but one day, for no particular reason, I found myself asking "Why a rib?" and I was immediately struck by the very romantic idea that our original purpose was to be protectors of the heart: to guard it, hold it and keep it safe. This thought was so beautiful it brought an image with it, that was quickly set to paper, and months later shaped in clay. The forms coming into focus is my whimsical way of combining the creation story with evolution theory.
